Page 6, The Fisher-Boy Urashima
Title
Page 6, The Fisher-Boy Urashima
Creator
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938
Source
Private collection, on loan to the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College
Date
Meiji 19, Month 11, Day 1 (Nov. 1, 1886)
Original Format
Crepe Paper Book
Text
this tortoise,-in fact better. Why should I go and kill the poor thing, and prevent it from enjoying itself for another nine hundred and ninety-nine years? No, no! I won't be so cruel. I am sure mother wouldn't like me to." And with these words, he threw the tortoise back into the sea.
The next thing that happened was that Urashima went to sleep in his boat; for it was one those hot summer days when almost everybody enjoys a nap
The next thing that happened was that Urashima went to sleep in his boat; for it was one those hot summer days when almost everybody enjoys a nap
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Citation
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 6, The Fisher-Boy Urashima,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed April 18, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/773.